Hargreaves Lansdown chief warns against scrapping cash Isa

Removing tax breaks on the popular saving product would be ‘dangerous’, says Dan Olley

Source: Financial Times

Apple pulls end-to-end encryption in UK, spurning backdoors for gov’t spying

Apple abruptly yanks privacy tool in UK, taking bold stance against snooping law.

Source: Ars Technica

DeepSeek goes beyond “open weights” AI with plans for source code release

Chinese AI firm says daily releases will reveal "code that moved our tiny moonshot forward."

Source: Ars Technica

Ukraine: Zelenskyy wants 'strong ties' to United States

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US official Keith Kellogg in Kyiv amid a push to end the war. After the meeting, the Ukrainian leader stressed the importance of good relations …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Supporters gather to pray for Pope Francis outside hospital

Romans gathered again outside Gemelli Hospital, placing flowers and candles and offering prayers for Pope Francis. The pontiff has been in the hospital nearly a week with pneumonia. Seth Doane …

Source: CBS News

France’s Bardella cancels CPAC speech after Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ gesture

Steve Bannon denied that his gesture was a Nazi salute and described it as a 'wave'.

Source: Al Jazeera

Lebanon to hold funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah on Sunday

Tens of thousands of people expected to attend rites at huge sports stadium on the outskirts of capital, Beirut.

Source: Al Jazeera

Israel says body returned by Hamas is not Shiri Bibas but identifies her sons

Israel on Friday said one of the four bodies returned by Hamas a day earlier is not that of Shiri Bibas, mother of the two young boys whose bodies were …

Source: France 24

Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling

A new humanoid robot prototype uses fluid-filled muscles to kick its legs while hanging.

Source: Ars Technica

Exclusive: EU's Costa says 'no credible negotiations with results' without Ukraine, EU

FRANCE 24 was granted exclusive access to EU Council President Antonio Costa, just before he left for Ukraine to mark the third anniversary of the war. He responds to US …

Source: France 24

Israeli hostages return home in caskets

Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well …

Source: CBS News

Share of €500,000 jackpot offered to men who bought scratchcard with stolen credit card

Winnings as yet unclaimed by thieves in Toulouse who bought scratchcard amid legal debate over who gets payout

Two homeless men who bought a winning lottery scratchcard with a stolen …

Source: The Guardian